MedCity News June 3, 2020
For many health care entrepreneurs, the complexity of the VA is a bridge too far. But in spite of the challenges, there are a few key reasons the VA offers great potential.
People say digital health startups shouldn’t even try to work with the VA. But that’s totally wrong.
There’s a saying that many who work with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have heard before: If you know one VA Medical Center, then you know one VA Medical Center. It’s a mantra born of the fact that the VA consists of more than 1,200 facilities that frequently operate in silos. It means you tend to find variation in policies, procedures, and operations from one facility to the next....